BioWare Asks Fans About Showing Tali's Face in Mass Effect 3

[SnipErlite]

Spoiler: My favourite

As for my vote...I'm not sure. Whatever they decide to do it'll be pretty respectably done, so meh?

 

[Canadamus Prime]

I say keep it a mystery. It's what makes her character so popular. If you where to take away that mystery, than her appeal would go down the shitter. Keep the mystery alive, keep everyone guessing.

 

[MajorDolphin]

Think: Predator face.

Seriously though, a little mystery goes a long way.

 

[RTR]

I hate to sound like a tool, but I'm ver split across the middle on this. Part of me says "Yes, show me." but then I'm like "Maybe not". I guess I'll just let Bioware sort it out and we'll see what happens.

 

[draythefingerless]

how bout you make it an option in the game ALA no russian.

TALIS FACE CAN BE SHOWN IN THIS GAME. DO YOU WANT HER TO KEEP THE HELMET ON OR TAKE IT OFF?

CHOOSE.

problem fucking solved.

PS: dunno if anyone suggeste this. 4 pages of comment is too much.

 

[Speakercone]

What amazes me about the whole 'what do Quarians look like' situation, is that you'd fucking think there'd be photos lying around, since, you know, they do occassionally take their suits off.

We should know what Qurians look like in general, but what Tali looks like? I'm not sure...

Thing is, how many Quarians have you seen in Mass Effect? Tali and a few random ones on pilgrimage. They aren't very common. They're a very, very reclusive case for many reasons, having next to nothing as an immune system being one of then. It's already been said that they pretty much only take their suits off to like, mate, or take care of a newborn.

Unless some curious bugger murders one and takes their suit off I don't imagine there being many photos.

I see a renegade option in our future

 

[NattyMichael]

Well considering Tali was the only NPC I bothered to romance only to see what fuck is under that helmet, I'm all for revealing however they be some who hate it, some who love, and people like me who are only fucking curious.

I did the romance quest with Tali for the same reason, glad its not just me, and agree with everything you've said. SOme would like it, others would hate it.

 

[Fursnake]

Seriously, is it that big of a concern? Does it really matter to the Mass Effect storyline at all in the end?

How about they really shock the fanbase and kill her off. Show her face, kill her off...it's all the same to me. I just never found her that intersting to be honest.

 

[Caligulove]

I dont want to know. I like mysteries

That or I've said before that my option, were I in charge of it, would to do something like Darth Vader's unmasking. You get to see her face, but she's mortally wounded or terminally ill. Can't have the best of both worlds, along with making it a memorable, lasting memory from the game.
That or I may have just gotten too annoyed with all the Tali fanboyism/waifuism going around...

 

[Zoe Castillo]

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[Proverbial Jon]

EDIT: I just want to add that I have no expectations as far as Tali's face goes, but I would very much like to see it. I'd be hard to disappoint unless BioWare actually made an effort to do so.

Besides, there's just no way of doing the reveal without it being a "I want to show you my face before I die" kind of scene, just like someone already said.

Tali already showed Shepard her face in Mass Effect 2, if romanced.

Now, granted, we dont know the full story and the arc that Tali will have in ME3, but i really cant think of a REASON to reveal her face other than the "but we want to know" mentality. In terms of the story and her character, its pointless (im assuming, unless something drastic happens in ME3, in which case Bioware should already know whether there is a point to reveal her face or not).

Err... the obvious scenario would be with the Reapers defeated and an alliance forged between the Geth and the Quarians, Tali finally gets to set foot on Rannoch (the Quarian homeworld her father fought to reclaim), so she takes the opportunity to breathe fresh air and look at the world around her without her suit's tinted visor.

It would be a pretty good conclusion to the Shepard/Tali romance arc if Shepard is there as well, and the camera pans around to show Tali's face.

Yes, Tali showed Shepard her face... but that was during a romantic encounter between the two characters. What I'm saying is that it is unlikely that a situation will arrise in which she can show us (the player) again without it feeling forced. So yeah, I'm with drosalion on that one.

As for your point about the Quarian race being able to reclaim their home world again, it's a beautiful idea. However I'm pretty certain that Tali did explain to Shepard (at some point during the trial mission?) that they had adapted to life in the suits and were unsure that they would even be able to live within a planet's atmosphere again, at least not for another period of years in order to adapt back. I could be remembering this wrong but I highly doubt a race as physically sensitive as the Quarians could just return to their homeworld and simply breathe the air unaided by their suits. Although, granted, it is a lovely image.

 

[Dr. Crawver]

silly question, of course we're going to want to see it

 

[mxfox408]

Well bioware could always give us the choice in game as always, that way we all get what we want

 

[Formica Archonis]

You know what would be funny? If they did a big reveal and she looked like The Question [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Question_(comics)].

 

[Eveonline100]

Well, at last check on FB, the numbers were as follows

19965 (86%) in favor of, 3276 (14%) against.

Now, I don't know the twitter response, but this isn't "predictably mixed" in my opinion. This gives a decent response from the community, but that's just my take on it.

Every serial writer knows that as soon as the tension of the unknown is gone, the show ends. Alred Hitchcock is frequently referenced when discussing the difference between surprise and suspense [http://www.doctorsyntax.net/2010/09/alfred-hitchcocks-bomb-suspense.html]. I think it's relevant here.

People enjoy stories for suspense. The whole point is that you care enough to want to know the answer to a question posed by the story. The way a Quarian looks is one element of ME's dramatic tension. It has worked - clearly people WANT to know if they have engaged in the story. However as soon as Bioware decide to show us - suspense over, the surprise won't last - and everyone walks off somewhere else.

My view - I like the ME story and want elements of suspense to continue. Don't reveal unless it means the conclusion of the Quarian story - or the creation of additional mystery.

well this THE END Mass effect so yeah i'm fine mabey show it near the ends by that point their still be tenstion in air (the whole save galxey or be killed). So yes i'm fine mabey base it off of some the fan art for nod the fans(US)

 

[PunkRex]

I would like to know EXACTLY what ive been fapping to. Shes just so damn cute.

 

[blackdwarf]

i never make a choice on these, because i wnat it to be suprise, so please Bioware, don't anouce your decision.

 

[Scorekeeper]

I don't want to see her face, as I prefer mystery to the mundane.

 

[PunkRex]

You know what would be funny? If they did a big reveal and she looked like The Question [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Question_(comics)].

Id be cool with this. From what I saw of him in the Justice League cartoon hes preaty damn smexy.

 

[enderrwigginn]

I for one wouldn't care if they showed her face or not the main reason for that would be that she ended up dying in my game. D=